Motorcyclist injured in crash with pickup on Rt. 20 in Worcester - Gate House

By Donna Boynton TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

April 28. 2014 6:00AM

Motorcyclist injured in crash with pickup on Rt. 20 in Worcester

PHOTO/ T&G Staff/RICK CINCLAIR

Worcester police investigate the collision of a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Southwest Cutoff (Route 20) west of Grafton Street (Route 122) on Sunday.

WORCESTER — A motorcyclist was injured Sunday afternoon in a crash with a commercial pickup truck on Route 20.

The accident happened around 4:15 p.m., in front of Bee Zee gas station, 117 Southwest Cutoff (Route 20). Traffic was still being detoured around the accident at 6 p.m. The motorcycle was on its side, and debris — including a brown boot — was scattered on the road.

An employee at Bee Zee who declined to give her name said she heard the crash and went out to help the injured motorcyclist, a middle-aged man, who was lying in the middle of the road. She said he had severe facial injuries and was wearing his helmet. He was coherent and asking about his motorcycle before he was taken to a hospital by ambulance, she said.

"His teeth were in his jacket. He kept trying to get up, but me and a registered nurse who came by kept him down," the woman said, adding that she was also concerned for the other driver, who appeared to be shaken up.

The employee said that stretch of Route 20 — between the Kas Bar and Route 122 (Grafton Street) — has been the site of frequent accidents in recent months.

"I just hope the guy is OK, and the other kid is, too," the woman said.

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